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... parlor. It seemed like everyone in Damascus was there. The streets of old town Damascus were really nice with pretty little shops on either side of the streets and huge trees hanging overhead sheltering us from the sun’s rays. There were some hidden palaces filled with mosaic tiles and gorgeous archways. A treat waited for us on every corner.

... Little did I know that this place was on the far end of town. And they waddled like penguins. And they stared, noses upward, mouths open, at anything remotely interesting, pointing and explaining to me "very old, very famous."

... threat, Angela and I arrived in Damascus on a warm and sunny September evening.

The airport bus dropped us in the centre of town, a place that had become an outdoor market of sorts. Pots and pans as well as fruit and vegetables were all on sale guarded by men playing backgammon. As we got off the bus, the heat hit us and so did the taxi drivers who had moved into position.

“Where you go?” asked the man who was leading us to his decrepit yellow taxi. In the ...

... were booked up or only expensive rooms were available. In the end, we were sent to Al Saad Hotel and we ended up staying on a roof top dorm for 300SP per bed (about $6). There was not AC but just a fan, beds were very lose to each other and a toilet was super stinky and hot but serving breakfast for free. It was conveniently located near the Old Town and big souque. We were very hungry so we walked around the hotel and found something to ...

... old wall whose origins trace as far back as 2000 years. There are seven roads in. It's beautiful, it's like walking back in time through small streets with big character. There's many souqs, although the whole interior or the old city feels as though it's one big souq. Streets lined with spices, perfumes, antiques, coffee, scarves, soap, jewelery and everything the Middle Eastern imagination could conjure. There are cafes with nagileh and old story tellers. The old souq, al-Hamidiyya, has ...